Re: Using ec instead of ecb

[email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Bezault <ericb-D6Qt/9opevxWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> writes:
> 
>     Eric> I think that geant should have never been modified to
>     Eric> replace ec by ecb. Or at least ecb should have been invoked
>     Eric> only if the option
>     Eric> "slightly_faster_but_not_compatible_at_all_with_estudio" was
>     Eric> specified.
> 
> I agree. But it would be nice to have the option of ecb as sometimes I
> have to compile a large amount of programs (for which EiffelStudio
> isn't well suited, I know), and SmartEiffel is no longer usable as it
> doesn't work on 64 bit, and gec doesn't have debug mode.
> 
> I also think the option should go in the system.xace, not in
> built.eant.

I don't think that it is up to system.xace to decide which
compiler to use.

> But wouldn't it be easier to add another setting to build.eant, let's
> say:
> 
>   compile_ecb
> 
> So compile_ise uses ec, compile_ecb uses ecb.
> 
> That way people can switch and hopefully it becomes clear that ecb is
> a very different beast from ec.

OK, I'll try to add another entry in build.eant to compile
explicitly with ecb (as if it was a different Eiffel compiler).

-- 
Eric Bezault
mailto:ericb-D6Qt/9opevxWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
http://www.gobosoft.com


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